Natural killer cell receptor expression by human first trimester decidual granular leukocytes and T-lymphocytes

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Lewis, Barry J ^a   Croker, Simon ^a   Newton, Darren J ^a   Lennon, Greig P ^a   Johnson, Peter M ^a   Christmas, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD158; Endometrial granular leukocytes; Killer inhibitory receptors; Natural cytotoxicity receptors; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD158 ANTIGEN; CD158A ANTIGEN; CD158B ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL KILLER P30 RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER P44 RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER P46 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036311879     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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